Question

she had the quickest fancy, a gift like her brothers, for the tune of words. like him, she had a taste for the theatre. she stood at the stage door; she wanted to act, she said. men laughed in her face. the manager—a fat, loose - lipped man—guffawed. he bellowed something about poodles dancing and women acting—no woman, he said, could possibly be an actress. he hinted—you can imagine what. she could get no training in her craft. could she even seek her dinner in a tavern or roam the streets at midnight? yet her genius was for fiction and lusted to feed abundantly upon the lives of men and women.
—a room of one’s own,
virginia woolf
how does the writer use text structure to develop the central idea of inequality?
○ by presenting the girl’s problem and how she solves the dilemma
○ by making a comparison between the girl and her brother
○ by repeating emotionally charged questions that are not meant to be answered
○ by overstating the actions of the theatre manager

Explanation:

To determine how the writer uses text structure to develop the central idea of inequality, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The text does not show the girl solving her dilemma (she can't act, can't get training), so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: The text compares the girl and her brother (both have a gift for words, taste for theatre) but the girl faces barriers (men laugh, manager rejects her) while her brother likely doesn't (implied by the comparison). This comparison highlights the inequality (she can't pursue her passion like her brother can).
• Option 3: There are no repeated emotionally charged questions; the text has one rhetorical question, not repeated, so this is incorrect.
• Option 4: The manager's actions are described, not overstated, and the focus is on the inequality, not just the manager's actions. So this is incorrect.

Answer:

B. by making a comparison between the girl and her brother